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• Adrianus Antonius Johannes Willemen, Gilze en Rijen († 2005)
• Irmgarda Jacoba Noorlander, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Levenloos Kind Bangma, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• Petrus ... Maria Pancras, Spierdijk (gem.Berkhout) († 1977)
• Nicolaas Westerink, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Bernhardus Pieter Nieste, Den Haag, ZH Netherlands († 1980)
• Amerencia Johanna Otte, Noordwijkerhout († 2021)
• Wim Ploegstra, Harlingen († 1956)
• NN Beukers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alan B. King († 1977)

• Adrianus Dorotheus Cornelis van Poppel (48), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Adriana Maria van Beekum (67), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Agnes Verweij (72), Nijmegen
• Cornelia Antonia Snelders (66), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Ronald Cross (75), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Aaltien Meijerink (96), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Loon (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• BARTHOLOMEUS AGATHUS SWART (26), AMERSFOORT
• Arie de RUYTER (79), Voorschoten,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander August Dionys Graaf Festetics van Tolna (74), Balaton-Rendes, Hongarije

• 1953 » Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2013)
• 1954 » Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 » Richard Burden, English politician
• 1955 » Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 » Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter
• 1956 » Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist
• 1957 » Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1959 » Keith Clearwater, American golfer

• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. John
12. Adrianus
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Jacobus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
16. Linda

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
• January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• July 9 » The 7.7 M_w  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
• October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
• November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

The temperature on September 1, 1956 was between 9.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.